Apparatus for washing barrels.



No. 653,82l. Patented luly |7,190u. a. sauna.

APPARATUS FOR WASHING BABBELS.

(Application filed Nov. 2, 1899.)

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No. 653,32l. Patented July l7, I900. a. swarm. APPARATUS FOR WASHINGBARRELS.

(Applicnticn filed Nov. 2, 1899.)

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No. 653,821. Patented .luly l7, I900. G. SCHOCK.

APPARATUS FOR WASHING BABBELS.

(Application filed Nov. 2, 1899.]

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APPARATUS FOR WASHING BARRELS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 653,821, dated July 17,1900. Application filed November 2, 1899. Serial No. 735,581. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GUSTAV SCHOOK, a citi-; zen of the United States,residing in the city, county, and State of New York, have'inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Washing Barrels, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to barrel-washing apparatus, and has for its objectto produce an efficiently-acting automatic apparatus where in thebarrels may be eificiently washed.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown by way of illustration anapparatus in which my invention is embodied. It will be understood,however, that this apparatus is illustrative merely and that myinvention is not limited to the apparatus shown,

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a sideelevation of one form of thewashing and transporting apparatus in which my inven tion is embodied.Fig. 2 is a plan view of the structure shown in Fig. 1; and Figs. 3 and4 are sectional views of the inlet-valve for the steam and water, theoperation of which will be fully described, the section shown in Fig. 3being taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 4 and the section shown in Fig. 4being taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3.

The automatic transporting apparatus to transport the keg or barrel andto automatically eifeet the steaming and filling thereof is shown inFigs. 1 and 2, and, as shown, consists of a pair of side bars at b, inwhich-are journaled a pair of shafts c d, one of these shafts beingpreferably provided with adjusting devices e. The shaft 0 carriessprocketwheels f, and the shaft cl carries sprocketwheels g, aroundwhich Wheels pass suitable chains h, which are preferably connected bycross-bars i, the sprocket-chains 71 supporting the kegs which restagainst the cross-bars t, so as to be propelled by the sprocket'ohains.The shaft 0 is preferably driven from a noun-A ter-shaft j by a drivenshaft through the medium of suitable gearing l m. The movement of thesprocket-chains is a simultaneous continued movement in harmony with thecontinuous movement of the driven shaft 10.

n is a suitable rock-shaft provided with a trip or detector-bar lever 0at each side of the apparatus and with a crank or arm 19, which isconnected by a link q with a similar arm 0" on a shafts, likewiseprovided with a pair of trips or detector-bars 75, similar to the tripsor detector-bars 0, carried by the shaft n.

"1.6 is a rising-and-falling valve-operating rod provided at its lowerend with a cam '22, with which rollers 20 on yokes so are adapted tocooperate.

y are suitable runs upon which the kegs may be rolled.

2' is a suitable operating connection, herein shown asin the form of aband passing around an overhead pulley and secured to the arm 1, securedto the valve-stem 2 and serving to operate the same. A yoke or arm 3 ispivoted to the arm 1 and is provided with a collar, which embraces theopera ting-rod u, a spring 4 intervening between said collar and the'head of the operating-rod. The ratchet 5 is rigidly secured to thevalve-stem 2 and is operated upon bya pawl 6, pivoted to theoperating-arm 1. The valve-casing 7 is shown herein as provided withseveral ports, a steam-inlet port 8, a water-inlet port 9, and anoutlet-port 10 being shown. It is obvious, however, that instead ofemploying a single Valve for both steam and water a plurality of valvesmay be employed operated in harmony, as hereinafter described, by themovement of the kegs or barrels. Pipes 11 and 12 (clearly shown in Fig.l) are provided for bringing steam and hot Water, respectively, to theports 8 and 9. A flexible tube or hose 13 is shown in Fig. l asconnected to the outlet-port 10 of the valve. It will be noted, however,that for the sake of clearness I have not shown the parts just describedin the plan View, Fig. 2.

The operation of this part of my apparatus is as follows: A barrel isbrought up the runs y and placed upon the moving carrier constituted bythe sprocket-chains in the position shown in Fig. 1. The hose 13 isquickly in serted into the barrel and the handle a pulled downward bythe operator. This causes the arm 1 to be swung upward, bringing thepawl forward one tooth, whereupon the'operator releases the handle oroperating connection 2, and the weight of the rod it causes the arm 1 todescend, therebyturning the valve-spin dle 2 one step and admittingsteam to the barrel. As the barrel is carried forward by the carrier itswings the trips or detector-bars 0 downward, thereby causing therollers 10, carried by the yokes a: on the rock-shaft n, to move overthe face 14 of the cam r, thereby raising the rod u, and as the barrelcontinues to move and the rock-shat t to swing the roller w will rideoff the incline ll and the rod will drop, the depressed portion 15 inthe cam c dropping down upon the roller 20. By this risingand-fallingaction of the rod u the ratchet has been rotated another step and'hotwater is now being admitted to the barrel through the hose-13, the steamhaving been shut oftby the'movement of the ratchet. As the barrelrides-over the trips or detector-bars and continues along the saidbarrel will be supplied with water and will come in contact with thedetector-bars or trips 25, the said deteeter-bars or trips having beenthrown into an elevated position by the depression of the detector-barsor trips 0, it being remembered thatthe said parts are connected by alink q. The barrel in its forward movement will depress the arms ortrips t and will thereby reverse the movement of the rock shaft 72,which by reason of the fact that the roller 10 runs over the cam Q; willraise and lower the rodu, and thereby shut off the water. Another keg isput in place by the operator, who again pulls down upon the operatingcon nection .2, and the keg which has just been operated upon may thenbe allowed to pass toany other apparatus to be operated upon, such as a.scrubbing and sprinkling apparatus.

. Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to-secure byLetters Patent, 1s-

1. In a barrel handling and washing apparatus, the combination of abarrel-transportingapparatus, a fluid-supply pipe adapted to communicatewith the barrel on the transporting apparatus and automatic meansoperated by the movement. of the barrel-trans porting apparatus foropening and closing the supply to the fluid-supply pipe.

2. In a barrel washing and handling apparatus, the combination of abarrel-transporting apparatus, a fluid-supply pipe adapted to enter thebarrel and a valve for controlling the admission of fluid to thesaidsupply-pipe and operated by the movement of a barrel transportingapparatus.

3. In a barrel washing and handling apparatus, the combination of abarrel-transporting mechanism, a trip or detector-bar, means forsupplying'the barrel with fluid and means for automatically admittingand shutting off the flow of fluid to the said fluid-supplymeans andaconnectionbetween the trip or detector-bar and the said means forcontrolling the supply of fluid. V

at. In a barrel handling and washing appatervening between the saidtrips or detector rel,'a valve for controlling the flow of'fluid to thesupply-pipe and means for controlling the said valve.

6. In a barrel handling a-ndwashinga'pparatus, the combination of abarrel-transporting apparatus, means for bringing a supply of fluid tothe'barrel carriedby the'transporting apparatus, afluid-supply-governing means and means for controllingthefl-uid supplycomprised in part by a plurality of trips or detector-bars situated atdiiferent points of the apparatus and a connection inbars, whereby onewill be efiective, when 0perated, to restore the other to its initialposition and they will be'reciprocal-ly eflectiveto restore each otherto their initial position.

'7. In a barrel washing and handlingapparatus, the combination ofbarrel-transporting mechanism, a plurality of detector-bars or tripslocated at different points alongthe line of travel of the barrel, afluid-supply for the barreland automatic means for govern-ingthe saidfluid-supply by the movement of tl'redetector-bars or trips.

8. In abarrel washing and handling appa ratus, the combination ofbarrel-transporting mechanism, means foradmittinga supply of I05 steamor water to the said barrel and means for cont-rolling the steam andwater supply by the movement of the barrel-transporting mechanism.

9. In a barrel washing and handling'appano ratus, the combination of abarrel-transport in g mechanism with'means for supplyingthe said barrelwith fluid, hand-operated. apparatus for starting the flow of fluid tothe'barrel and automatic means for shutting off the supply of fluid tothebarrel.

10.. In a barrel washing and handling apparatus, the combination of abarrel-transporting mechanism with means for supplyiug'the said barrelwith fluid, hand-operated appa- 12o ratus for starting the flow of fluidto-the'barrel, automatic means for shutting ofi thesupply of fluid tothe barrel and means'foroperatingthe said automatic means bythe'movement of the barrel-transporting: mechanism; 12

11. In a barrel washing and handling apparatus, the combination of abarrel-transporting mechanism with means for supplying the said barrelwith fluid, hand-operated apparatus for starting the flow of fluid tothebar- :30

rel, automatic means for shutting off the supsteam and Water to thebarrel and automatic ply of fluid to the barrel and a trip or demeansfor shutting oi the supply of steam teetor-bar in the path of the barrelfor shutand Water.

ting off the supply of fluid to the said barrels. GUSTAV SCI-100K.

12. In a barrel handling and Washing appa- Witnesses: ratus, thecombination of a barrel-transport- OTTO V. SOHRENK,

ing mechanism and means for supplying GEO. E. MORSE.

